I got a variety pack (classic) of Diamine carts through The Writing Desk. I had bought from them before,
and is the first time I am using the black carts (at least I think I am!).

This ink looks like a dark green! Maybe I'm wrong, and it's an Umber cartridge. can anyone clarify for me if the Jet Black looks Dark Greenish depending on the light?

I'm not complaining, and if this is Jet Black- I found my new Green-black!


Frank

I remember the sample of Jet Black I got from Peartree's ink sampler to be more of a light black or gray color. I didn't notice a green coloration to it at all.

I've never used this ink, but Glenn Marcus describes this ink as "a true, rich black. " http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/ink-02.htm#black. Pehaps they sent you Umber instead, which Glenn describes as a darker green (but I've never used Umber either).

I've been using umber this week, and while it's a nice, rich color, it's rather far from black.

Of course, now that the idea has come up, a Diamine green-black sounds pretty good, too.

Michael

Any chance that the pen you're using was filled with green in the past? Have you tried the ink in a different pen?

I have a small bottle of Jet Black and it definitely writes black, only issue was it made my M600 skip and write dry (only ink to do that so far), but tried it in a Cross Solo and Waterman Charleston and it works fine.

Andy

Thanks to all of you for your responses!

Yes Ray, it is possible this pen had green in it before- this is a Borghini RB that uses ink cartridges. It is a great everyday user but hard to get all ink residue out of because you cannot clean it as well as a FP!
(Think MegaBall without the ridiculous price!)

Michael, I would love to find a green-black like that too!
I got excited for a moment, until I did determined what the Umber carts where. I still like this ink, but for now, I'll keep mixing inks for green-black. I will probably use the Umber as the base though from now on (just add a little more black)!
PR Sherwood is too wet from what I have been reading here on FPN!

I do like these variety packs from England (Writing Desk). US Diamine dealers do not offer these packs.
I had ordered a standard variety pack before; not using the black carts. This time, I got the classic pack, which includes their "darker" Old English inks- Jet Black/Prussian Blue/Dark Brown/Blue-Black/Umber.

The black carts are marked better with a color coded end cap, as are the dark brown carts. The others are more confusing as they have clear end caps with a little 'blotch of color" on the bottom to ID. You need to hold them under a desk lamp to really determine the dark blues from the dark greens!

I still highly recommend these packs! They are great if you are new to Diamine,
or just trying to determine you favorite ink!

Hey everyone! Can you snail-mail me writing samples to scan? I want to collect the Hue information in detail, which I will then add to the thread.

(KCat vial trades are also good!)

--John
"The Calibrator"

Speaking of green black I mixed Parker black, actually was a mistake refilling a cartage with what must have been remaining few drops of black, with Quink permanet green. Have to admit is a pleasing color.